The Genius Grandson of the Namgung Family Chapter 32

The Genius Grandson of the Namgung Family

Chapter 32

Kwagwagwak-!

Kwang-!

The man in black who took Namgung Min’s sword strike with his body flew like a kite with cut strings and crashed into the inner courtyard wall.

Though it was just one collision, his chest was grotesquely caved in, and judging by his rolled-back eyes, he had certainly died instantly.

“Master!”

Chang-!

The remaining two men in black, who had looked relaxed until just moments ago, drew their swords in shock.

Namgung Min shook the blood off his sword and said in a low voice:

“Your skills are inferior to his. Tell me why you came here, and I’ll give you an easy death.”

“Just try to kill us!”

“Master? Are you from the Demonic Cult?”

“Shut up!”

The two men in black thrust their swords at Namgung Min simultaneously like shadows.

Swift sword strikes that would be difficult to block even for a first-class master.

Swoosh-

But Namgung Min created a tiny space by pulling back his right foot, which had been forward, just as they came in.

Jjeong-!

That small space was enough for Namgung Min to swing his sword.

Though it was clearly the sound of three swords clashing, the sound rang out only once.

This was because Namgung Min had struck both swords simultaneously.

“Kughk.”

Though sword met sword, the men in black had no choice but to retreat from the impact that felt like it shook their internal organs.

They could tell sufficiently from just that one clash.

That they could never surpass Namgung Min.

Nod

When one man in black nodded first, as if it had been arranged, the other followed with a nod.

However, Namgung Min wasn’t one to leave even that brief opening alone.

Whoong!

He swung his sword while instantly closing in using his footwork.

It was a sword swing filled with true energy, intended to cut clean through.

“Kwaap!”

One man in black charged at Namgung Min with a terrible cry.

Puhak!

Tadarak!

The moment Namgung Min’s sword pierced one man in black’s body, the other man in black deployed his maximum movement technique in the opposite direction from Namgung Min.

“Trying to escape?”

As Namgung Min, who noticed him, tried to pull out his sword.

Deolkeok

“Keuheuheu. You can’t chase.”

Because the man in black held tightly onto Namgung Min’s sword despite it being embedded in his body, the sword couldn’t be pulled out in one go.

Namgung Min hurriedly infused true energy and pulled out his sword while cutting through even the fingers of the man in black gripping it.

“Keugk.”

Though the man before his eyes died, cut in two by Namgung Min’s sword, it had been enough time for the fleeing man in black to reach the inner courtyard wall.

Tadarak!

The man in black had already started climbing the wall.

Seeing this, Namgung Min also launched his body without delay.

‘I have to catch him!’

Namgung Min blamed himself for letting his guard down at the last moment.

The escaped man in black showed extraordinary movement, as if he had been designated for the role of escape from the beginning.

To the point where Namgung Min wasn’t sure if he could catch him even if he gave chase now.

‘Tenacious bastard!’

The fleeing man in black inwardly cursed as he saw Namgung Min approaching with lightning speed.

‘Just need to get over this wall and it’s over.’

As Namgung Min had guessed, he had primarily trained in movement techniques rather than other martial arts.

If it was simply running away, he was confident that even Chwiwol Geolgae, known as the best in lightness skill in the martial arts world, couldn’t catch him.

Namgung Min must have instinctively sensed this, as he could feel him pouring out all his internal energy to chase.

‘Using internal energy so explosively means you can’t run for long.’

He recalled that the Azure Dragon Divine Sword was barely twenty years old as he started to run.

No, he tried to run.

Teoeok- Kwadang!

But the man in black couldn’t do as he intended and fell to the ground ungracefully.

A hand that suddenly shot out from the bushes had grabbed his ankle.

“What!”

He looked with a bewildered face at the owner of the hand that held his leg.

“A child?”

The one firmly gripping his leg was a child who appeared to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing blue martial arts clothes.

“Ha Hyeon!”

Namgung Min shouted as soon as he jumped over the wall and spotted Ha Hyeon.

Naturally, that child was Ha Hyeon.

Ha Hyeon had half-listened and half-ignored what Namgung Min had asked before rushing out.

He had followed the instruction to watch the fight without missing anything, but ignored the part about not moving at all.

When the man in black tried to escape, Ha Hyeon had figured out his escape route and had already hidden in the bushes there.

Kwak!

Ha Hyeon applied force to the hand gripping his ankle while stomping on the man in black’s wrist with his left foot, forcing him to drop his sword.

“Eek!”

Even without a sword, the man in black wasn’t one to be unable to shake off a single child.

However, the ankle caught by the child wouldn’t budge at all.

It felt like his leg was trapped under a huge boulder.

“You damn…!”

The man in black had only one thing left.

To commit suicide with the poison pill hidden between his extracted molar teeth.

To maintain silence through death.

But even this didn’t go as he intended.

When the man in black closed his eyes tight and tried to bite down.

Pook-!

Ha Hyeon’s fist entered his mouth.

Thanks to being filled with internal energy, the fist knocked out teeth and reached his uvula.

“Umeum”

But because of this he couldn’t close his mouth, and even his attempt at suicide ended in failure.

“Ha Hyeon! What are you!”

Namgung Min couldn’t help but be surprised seeing Ha Hyeon with his fist planted in the man in black’s mouth.

Although the life he had lived couldn’t be called long, Namgung Min had never seen such a sight since he was born.

“Ouch! Brother, please pull out my fist. This really hurts.”

Namgung Min, who approached Ha Hyeon’s side in an instant, quickly pressed on the man in black’s vital point, and his body immediately went limp like a corpse.

When he opened the man in black’s mouth to remove Ha Hyeon’s fist, it seemed the man had resisted until the end, as red blood dripped from the teeth marks on Ha Hyeon’s hand.

“What in the world…”

Namgung Min was so bewildered that he could barely speak as he looked at Ha Hyeon.

But Ha Hyeon spoke as if it wasn’t a big deal.

“Master Gyu-hyeon told me before. Those who have something to hide always prepare something in their mouths. I wanted to prevent him from closing his mouth, but I couldn’t find anything suitable.”

“So you shoved your fist in?”

“Yes.”

Namgung Min couldn’t help but smile when he glanced at the man in black, who was dripping blood from his mouth with all his teeth pulled out.

He knew best that this wasn’t a time to laugh, but the sight of the man in black with his mouth caved in was quite amusing.

“Well done, regardless.”

Namgung Min stroked Ha Hyeon’s head a few times approvingly, then hoisted the man in black onto his shoulder and went back into the inner courtyard.

This time, Ha Hyeon didn’t hide and followed Namgung Min into the inner quarters.

“Min! Thanks to you, I survived! Thank you.”

Lord Jung firmly held Namgung Min’s hand to express his gratitude.

“My Lord, what exactly happened?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Was their objective money?”

Lord Jung nodded.

“Your guards weren’t ordinary men… Were they defeated by just three people?”

“Even half of my guards, whom I thought were first-class fighters, lost their lives to those three.”

Lord Jung looked at the dead guards with sad eyes.

These weren’t just simple guards to Lord Jung.

They were like family members with whom he had shared affection and time.

It wasn’t that Lord Jung was stingy with guard expenses.

Among his guards were some who had made names for themselves as masterless samurai, and some who came from quite prestigious martial arts families.

There was even a secular disciple from the Gongdong School, one of the Nine Major Schools.

But none of them were a match for the men in black.

The fact that half the guards survived was only because Namgung Min had appeared at the right time.

“In any case, it would be best to relocate. I can’t even guess where they might strike so boldly next.”

This place, Jeongdeok-hyeon, could be considered Namgung Family territory.

Particularly, although Lord Jung hadn’t learned martial arts, he was a famous figure known to all who mattered in the martial arts world as a close friend of Sword Saint Namgung Muryong.

Yet they dared to attack so openly.

Grrr

Namgung Min gritted his teeth to suppress his rising anger.

These bastards had practically looked down on the Namgung Family.

“Will you send word to the Martial Alliance?”

“Alright. I’ll send someone right away.”

“Please make sure to include that we captured one of them.”

Lord Jung nodded once and then left the inner quarters entirely, supported by a guard.

Well, everywhere you turned, there were corpses.

It was too cruel a sight for an elderly man who had never learned martial arts.

‘Huh? But…’

Namgung Min suddenly felt something odd and looked at Ha Hyeon.

Ha Hyeon showed no signs of being disturbed by this situation.

‘Even if he’s extraordinary, how can an eleven-year-old child remain calm in this scene?’

Just earlier, he had unhesitatingly shoved his fist into the assailant’s mouth.

Except for martial arts competitions, this must have been his first time using violence against another person.

Namgung Min almost felt unsettled by Ha Hyeon’s calm demeanor.

“Hyeon, are you alright?”

“Yes. My hand is cut, but it’s not a serious wound.”

“No, I mean besides the hand injury.”

Ha Hyeon answered calmly, and Namgung Min looked intently into his eyes.

Just in case Ha Hyeon might be hiding vengeful thoughts in his heart, or worse, might have been born unable to feel emotions.

‘Ah, what revenge? Those eyes show nothing like that.’

Then he quickly reproached himself.

Ha Hyeon’s eyes were clear and straightforward.

Namgung Min adjusted the assailant on his shoulder and started walking.

“Let’s quickly return to the inn. We might miss dinner.”

“That… are we taking this man with us?”

“I’m planning to stop by Lord Jung on our way out to tell him I’m taking him.”

Ha Hyeon nodded.

Right now, there probably wasn’t a stronger martial artist than Namgung Min in this area.

If someone needed to guard and watch the man in black, Namgung Min was the right choice.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes, Brother.”

Lord Jung, who had been collecting himself in the inner quarters, was willing, no, rather seemed grateful.

“Min, where are you staying now?”

“At the inn right next door. The closest one to the estate.”

“Ah, that place. Won’t you move your lodgings here today? No, I’m asking you. I’m feeling uneasy, you see.”

“…Understood. I’ll go get our belongings.”

“Thank you. Thank you.”

Namgung Min and Ha Hyeon returned to the inn, woke up So-hwa who was deep in sleep, and came back to Lord Jung’s estate.

Lord Jung gave them the best room, and Namgung Min and Ha Hyeon firmly tied the man in black to a pillar before handing over to Lord Jung the package they had carried from the Namgung Family.

“Ho ho… This object saved my life… My ancestors have helped me.”

Lord Jung hugged the package preciously.

Coincidentally, the package contained ancestral tablets he had ordered to honor his ancestors.

“Lord Jung. We’ll retire now. Please send someone immediately if anything happens.”

“Alright. Thank you so much. Rest well.”

Namgung Min bowed to Lord Jung, then turned and said to Ha Hyeon.

“It’s dawn now. Let’s go in and get at least a little sleep.”

“Yes, Brother.”

Namgung Min, carrying So-hwa who had already fallen back asleep, trudged into the room.

It was now past midnight, and even the moon was about to set.

Namgung Min decided not to sleep in order to guard the assailant tied to the pillar.

Although they had removed the poison from his mouth and bound him tightly, who knew what strange method he might use to try to escape, so Namgung Min decided to watch him until people from the Martial Alliance arrived.

However, even as more time passed, Ha Hyeon couldn’t fall asleep.

“Ha Hyeon. Didn’t I tell you to sleep?”

“It’s okay. I can’t sleep.”

“Hmm… Alright.”

Namgung Min suddenly looked out the window.

It was a quiet, dreary night.

Despite what had happened earlier, everyone in the estate must have fallen asleep, as there were no signs of movement anywhere.

“Brother.”

Ha Hyeon called Namgung Min softly.

When Namgung Min turned his gaze from the window to Ha Hyeon, he saw a very serious face.

“What is it?”

“There’s something I want to ask.”

“What is it? Ask anything.”

Namgung Min’s heart sank at Ha Hyeon’s following words.

“Why am I not affected at all?”

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